From owner-freebsd-current Mon Aug 19 6:57:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2159F37B400 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 06:57:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F0C43E70 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 06:57:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17gn1s-000Iht-00; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:57:12 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov Cc: "current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: rcNG and dhcp In-reply-to: Your message of "12 Aug 2002 12:40:20 +0400." <1029141620.800.14.camel@vbook.express.ru> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:57:12 +0200 Message-ID: <71912.1029765432@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 12 Aug 2002 12:40:20 +0400, "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov wrote: > There is patch to teach rcNG do not try dhcp on not-connected ethernet. > > simply put > ifconfig_fxp0="dhcp-if-carrier" > into rc.conf > > It will be interested to somebody For what it's worth, I think this rocks. > Theoretically there are another solution for problem - add new key to > dhclient - check interface media before broadcasting. Yes, that's definitely the long-term solution. However, I'd like the dhcp-if-carrier solution while we wait for patches to be accepted by the ISC folks. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message